Iphone 3GS GPS Broken

[ivan300]

Hey guys,

I have a 3GS that I got on launch day.
Currently on 4.0 Jailbroken with jailbreakme

A few weeks ago I dropped it the first time and cracked the digitizer.I ordered a new one and replaced it with no issues. After the replacement I noticed that GPS does not work. I have tried everything. I was running 4.0.1, I restored to 4.0.1 and it still didn't work. So i restored to 4.0 and it still didn't work.

Im confident that this is a hardware issue. I am not sure if it was caused by the drop or me replacing the digitizer. As far as I know the gps and antenna are on the back of the iphone so replacing the digitizer wouldn't have caused it.

Any ideas?

 

[Applejuiced]

Sucks.
You might have to pay the $200 to have it replaced by Apple or bring it in and maybe you get a nice Rep that will swap it for free. Doubt it but worth a try.

 

[ivan300]

I fixed it here's how.

I opened up the iphone again and checked every single connector even the ones I didn't touch.

This didn't solve the problem.

I did some reading and I read the hitting the phone fairly hard can solve the issue. It makes sense since the gps stopped working when the phone hit the ground.

I hit the back part right behind the sim card against my palm 10x fairly hard. The phone lost signal and regained it. After that GPS worked

This is not a joke btw

 

[Applejuiced]

With a hammer?